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No-Neck Blues Band – Intonomancy
Once upon a time, there was a man with no neck. Due to the fact that he was neckless, this man was unable to swivel his head in any direction, which forced him…
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Chris Campbell – Things You Already Know
For his third camping trip up on the peak of Mt. Innova, where he works as the operations manager, the young whipper snapper of a composer Chris Campbell dips his feet into the…
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Christoph Gallio + Beat Streuli – Road Works
Watch out for that sign up ahead! You know what I’m talking about: Men at Work. More specifically, it’s Road Works, the fourth album by the two men Christoph Gallio, a composer, and…
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Laurie Spiegel – The Expanding Universe
Laurie Spiegel (born 1945) is primarily a composer of electronic music best-known for the pieces she created in the 1970s at Bell Labs, which was also the home of James Tenney’s groundbreaking computer…
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The Bowed Piano Ensemble – Ice and Fire
Founded way back in 1977 by composer Stephen Scott, The Bowed Piano Ensemble conjures up the myriad sounds of a chamber orchestra miraculously while employing only one instrument: the grand piano. On the…
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Matthew Burtner – NOISE Plays Burtner
The harsh environment of Alaska, where composer Matthew Burtner grew up, has exerted quite a big influence on some of his musical works. Take, for example, “Snowprints,” the second of three pieces on…
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Keeril Makan – Afterglow
Following up his excellent Target CD from 2011, the young avant-garde classical composer Keeril Makan (born 1972) returns with a smorgasbord of works spanning the years 2006-2010 that were at least partially derived…
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Arcane Candy’s 2013 Favorite Releases
(In alphabetical order by artist name.) New Releases • Chelsea Light Moving – Chelsea Light Moving LP (Matador) • Fille Qui Mousse – Trixie Stapelton 291 – Se Taire Pour Une Femme Trop…
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Juan Blanco – Nuestro Tiempo / Our Time
Who would ever imagine that electro-acoustic music could thrive in a place like Cuba? Not me! Alas, in the mid-20th century, Juan Blanco (1919-2008) became one of the earliest adopters of experimental music…
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Chris Watson – In St. Cuthbert’s Time: The Sounds of Lindisfarne and the Gospels
In St. Cuthbert’s Time: The Sounds of Lindisfarne and the Gospels is a set of conceptual field recordings made by noted wildlife / BBC sound recordist Chris Watson. Employing nothing but captured soundwaves…
